Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on April - 04.   

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.   

1718  Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on April - 04.   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on April - 04.   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on April - 04.   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on April - 04.   

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on April - 04.   

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born on this day in history.   

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on April - 04.   

1802  On this day in history birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)   

1804  On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer   

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1814  On April - 04 birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

1817  On this day in history birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1818  On April - 04 birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 04 birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On April - 04 birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on this day in history.   

1823  On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1826  On April - 04 birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)   

1828  On April - 04 birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

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0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.